Hi I'm Ian from Jessops Academy and this evening we're at the coast
testing out a 10 stop Lee filter. Just got my exposure settings I think
correct. Got a nice pier with a leading line. We're just touching the edge of the
pier with a nice bit of light which should give me a good focus point. So I
got my camera set up all nice and stable I'm using the remote shooting facility on the Panasonic S1R which is fantastic that means that once I've set my
exposure I can walk away. We're looking at a
two-minute exposure on this particular shot so here we go.
So the advantage of using something like a Lee filter system is you can actually
stack filters so you can use more than one. Effectively if I wanted to use a
polarizer and a graduated filter but this system allows me to do that I can
stack them on top of each other. Filter system is fully rotatable as well so it
may be that your horizon is higher or lower in your frame and you can move the
graduated filter down to suit that. I can also adjust where the the graduation is
coming from from an angle perspective. Might be that I've got like the scene up
in front of us at the moment the lights in one particular area frame so I could
just tweak that filter and where it starts to graduate really useful
So with Lee filter systems they use glass filters they're all exceptional
quality and it's mainly because they are glass the light transfer capability of a
glass filter is so much better than any acrylic or plastic you're gonna find on
the market. Honestly say I've all the filter systems I've used in my
photography career this is the number one. Absolute phenomenal results and this
new holder the Lee 100 holder which makes it so much easier to get your
filters on and off. The spring mechanism on the side you've got three settings.
Firstly which is completely open you can spring it on and off, but another setting
which means you can not pull it off accidentally but you can rotate it and
that's really important especially with the grads. And then of course there's
another setting where you can both rotate and take off the filter system
from the ring really really simple makes complete sense to a photographer. A lot
of neutral density filters you have to screw in which can be a real palaver
especially when you're trying to play around with composition. Beauty of this new
holder system is it's got a spring-loaded attachment. You can just
clip it on and off so if you do need to make adjustments or just change the
filter system completely or take the filter off you're not having to unscrew
things. Really it is so much easier for a landscape photographer the work that way.
The build quality of the system is still exceptional but it's actually slightly
lighter as well it does help when you put it in your kit bag full of lenses.
I'm thoroughly enjoying using it.
So I've just changed locations now. So we're looking at this pier front on
and I've also added a graduated filter in the front just to give me some extra
movement in the sky give me even more time to just suck more colour in. I've
taken a few shots already. It's having a really good effect. Great thing about Lee
graduated filters just like any other graduated filter is I can move it up and
down really easy in this filter system and equally I can change it, although
it's pretty straight on at the moment if I wanted to I can just rotate it, just
like so. Just to get exactly the right exposure graduation depending on my
horizon line and where the lights coming from
If you'd like to see the pictures I've taken this evening then check out our
Instagram which is hashtag Jessops Academy and we'd love to see some of the
things you've done as well so again use the same hashtag Jessops Academy. shots
ready let's take a look...fantastic
If you'd like to get your hands on a Lee 100 filter system and check out Jessops.com
for more information. From me personally I think they're fantastic I
thoroughly recommend it. Hope you've enjoyed this video and if you have give
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